Hi.... I do a search and it pulls up a thread with 3000 posts...

I thought I did a search?

Does it not direct you to the post that has the word or words that you searched for?

i don't think the current version of the forum software takes you directly to a post... just a thread that contains the search term. it's less than ideal but that's just the way it works.

you might try searching with google and adding "site:okctalk.com" at the end of your search to limit it to just this site.

This should help:

https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=31324

This should help:

https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=31324

however, i think one the last upgrades removed a significant piece of that puzzle... the "show results as" option is no longer available and so there is no way to display the results as "total posts"... at least that's how the page displays for me.

however, i think one the last upgrades removed a significant piece of that puzzle... the "show results as" option is no longer available and so there is no way to display the results as "total posts"... at least that's how the page displays for me.

If you hit the "Topic Search" button in the menu bar above, you don't see the radio buttons at the bottom of that page that allow you to select between posts and threads?

I'd post a screen capture but I'm having home internet problems.

If you hit the "Topic Search" button in the menu bar above, you don't see the radio buttons at the bottom of that page that allow you to select between posts and threads?

I'd post a screen capture but I'm having home internet problems.

ahhh... gotcha. if i click 'topic search' i see it. if i click on 'advanced search', i get a different search page that does not include it.

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Yes, I need to udpate that search tips post. Had not looked at it in a while.

also you can use the google search tool ..... in google type what you want to search then space "site:okctalk.com"